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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine reason, from the scriptural reference regarding the hazard of learning, that a student must be sure to develop.
(a) Diligently apply Scripture properly in every case.
(b) To grow love in one's heart first and foremost.
(c) Care of how eschatology is applied.
(d) Sensitivity to compare signs to what is being learned from Scripture.

2. What will happen if Christians do not use the device Augustine resists teaching in Book Four?
(a) Christians will belong to communities with no direction.
(b) Christians will be at a disadvantage to detractors of the faith.
(c) Christians will study Scripture with no purpose.
(d) Christians will learn Scripture with one conviction.

3. What was the topic of Book Three?
(a) Learning the philosophy of Classic Greeks as a key to Scriptural interpretation.
(b) Learning how to overcome critics with well-reasoned and complete prose.
(c) Learning as a discipline to prove Christian convictions.
(d) Learning how to handle unknown or unfamiliar signs.

4. What is the difference between the time that God might deliver what seems to be an evil command in the Old Testament and the current time, according to Augustine?
(a) They were taken by people to whom God gave his orders directly.
(b) They were taken by those who clearly understood God's signs.
(c) They were taken by those who recorded God's law directly from the source.
(d) They could not be done without sinful intent at the time of Augustine's writing.

5. What is the topic of Book Three?
(a) Augustine differentiates between signs given by God and signs give by angels.
(b) Augustine tackles the problem of understanding signs that are ambiguous.
(c) Augustine addresses the controversy of the human filter inhibiting the interpretation of Scripture.
(d) Augustine details the difference of signs given to groups and signs given to individuals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine recommend as methods for handling the topic in Book Three?

2. In taking the challenge that Augustine presents in Book Three, how should the Christian student differentiate himself from the pagan?

3. What type of delivery does Augustine believe rightly interpreted Scripture deserve?

4. What is an important omission that Augustine commits as it applies to moral rules in Scripture?

5. What Scriptural reference does Augustine make to prove his point regarding checking this hazard to learning the fields pertaining to Scripture?

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